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jonathanjonathan9
jonathanjonathan9
Visitor II
February 2, 2013
Question

New here - just came by the say the documentation download have wrong names.

  • February 2, 2013
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Posted on February 02, 2013 at 20:59

Hello! Just getting to know my brand new STM32F4 discovery board.

Downloaded all the documentation, which is referred to throughout the site.

Just thought I'd point out that at

http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/252419.jsp

there are lots of application notes, but they download as the wrong filename.

For example AN3990 actually downloads as DM00039672, but inside it's actually AN3990!

I've gone through all my downloads, opening each in a preview window, and retitled them correctly (tedious), but just thought I'd point it out for any other confused newbies!

#documentation-feedback
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Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil
Super User
February 3, 2013
Posted on February 03, 2013 at 14:48

No, the names are not ''wrong'' - it's just that ST (as many others) do not choose to use the document title as the filename.

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.
frankmeyer9
frankmeyer9
Associate III
February 4, 2013
Posted on February 04, 2013 at 09:09

Albeit you are technically correct, I would like to mention that the time of 8.3 file names is over, at least at host systems. There is no need to stick to those cryptical naming conventions.

And ''others do it, too'' is not really an excuse for ST...

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